Classic Books:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Watson’s Go to Burmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Bunnicula by James Howe
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Chocolate Fever by Robery Kimmel Smith
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Newer Fiction Books: Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
The Moon over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston Murder at Midnight by Avi Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog by Eileen Beha
Just for Elephants by Carol Berkley The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap by H. M. Bouwman
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clark Extra Credit by Andrew Clements The Goodbye Time by Celeste Conway
The Worst Name in Third Grade by Debbie Dadley Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzig and Holly Black The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Singing to the Sun: A Fairy Tale by Vivian French Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? by James Giblin
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graf
Sir Reginald’s Logbook by Matt Hammill Well Itched by Frances Hardinge
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley
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George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking Jack and the Beanstalk: A Graphic Novel by Blake Hoena Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa
Night of the Moon: A Muslim Story by Hena Khan Melonhead by Katy Kelly Itch by Michelle Kwasney Nana Cracks the Case by Kathleen Lane
Savvy by Ingrid Law Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Punished! by David Lubar 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day by Pat Mora Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
Mogo, the Third Warthog by Donna Jo Napoli
Willow by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan The Learnin’ Dog by K. A. Nuzum A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick Epossumondas Plays Possum by Coleen Salley
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain Doom Machine by Mark Teague
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson The Listeners by Gloria Whelan City Mouse, Country Frog by Mo Willems A Chair for Always by Vera Williams Bobby versus Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story by Judy Young
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Newer Nonfiction Books:
A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories by Gail Ablow
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Anderson
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain by William Anderson
The First Americans: The Story of Where They Came From and Who They Became by
Anthony Aveni The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob & Joe Switzer’s … by Chris Barton Bubble Homes and Fish Farts by Fiona Bayrock The Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen Bernier-Grand Nic Bishop Marsupials by Nic Bishop
The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook by David Borgenicht
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
Florida Panthers: Struggle for Survival by William Caper Mission Control, This is Apollo by Andrew Chaikin and Victoria Kohl
DK State by State Atlas: A Kids’ Guide to the People and Places of America by Justine
Ciovacco, Kathleen Feeley, and Kristin Behrens
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges 14 Cows for America by Carmen Deedy
50 American Heroes Every Child Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine
Roscoe
One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia by DK Publishing
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changes the World by Christine King Farris
Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World’s Best Kept Secrets by John Farndon Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by
Dennis Fradin Lincoln and Douglas: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni
Extreme Pets by Jane Harrington
See What You Can Be: Explore Careers that Could Be for You by Diane Heiman and Liz
Suneby John Brown: His Fight for Freedom by John Hendrix
How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength by Ben Hillman Howard Thurman’s Great Hope by Kai Jackson Issa
Real-Life Sea Monsters by Judith Jango-Cohen
20 How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly? by Steve Jenkins Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve
Jenkins
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People by Sheila Keenan
My Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View of Washington, D.C. by Edward Kennedy The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull
Big Cats: Hunters of the Night by Elaine Landau
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet by Kathryn Laskey
Queen of the Scene by Queen Latifah
Southern Sea Otters: Fur-tastrophe Avoided by Jeanette Leardi
Ann Frank and the Children of the Holocaust by Carol Ann Lee
Easy Earth-Friendly Crafts in 5 Steps by Anna Llimos
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy Listen to the Wind” The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
& Susan Roth
The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy
Every Minute on Earth: Fun Facts that Happen Every 60 Seconds by Steve and
Matthew Murrie
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy
Bickel Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Nelson
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy
Hinshaw Patent
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie
Priceman
Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II by Marisabine Russo
Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox: 2004 World Series by Michael Sandler
When’s a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto by Elaine Scott
Wolves by Duncan Seari Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
I, Vivaldi by Janice Shefelman
21 If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States by David
Smith
Explorer: A Daring Guide for Young Adventurers by Dugald Steer
Underwear: What We Wear Under There by Ruth Freeman Swain
Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-Jo Wargin I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Weatherford Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells
How to Speak Cat by Sarah Whitehead
How to Speak Dog by Sarah Whitehead
Spooky Cemeteries by Dinah Williams You Never Heard of Sandy Kaufax? By Jonah Winter
Series Books:
American Girls
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Sports by Matt Christopher
Ramona by Beverly Cleary
The Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadley
Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
Dear America
The Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon
The Polk Street Kids by Patricia Reilly Giff
My Weird School by Dan Gutman
Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Clementine by S. Pennypacker
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Poetry:
Swing Around the Sun by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems by Douglas Florian
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O’Connell George
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits
Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes
*The Monarch’s Progress: Poems with Wings by Avis Harley
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: a Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann
Hoberman
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States by Lee Bennett Hopkins A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout compiled by Paul Janeczko
Birds on a Wire: A Renga ‘Round Town by J. Patrick Lewis The Bill Martin, Jr. Big Book of Poetry Edited by Bill Martin, Jr.
Yum! MMMM! Que Rico: America’s Sproutings by Pat Mora
Slam Dunk: Basketball Poems by Lillian Morrison (Ed.) The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems from Beyond the Solar System by Jack Prelutsky
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African- American Poetry and Art by Belinda
Rochelle (Ed.)
Today at the Blue Bird Café: A Branchful of Birds by Deborah Ruddell A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk by Deborah Ruddell and Joan Rankin
Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians by Joanne Ryder Button up! by Alice Schertle
Lunch Money and Other Poems about School by Carol Diggory Shields
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Tour America: A Journey through Poems and Art by Diane Siebert
A Pocketful of Stars: Poems about the Night by Nikki Siegen-Smith
Summerhouse Time by Eileen Spinelli
Nature’s Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse by Patricia Thomas
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria Whelan
Holiday Stew by Jenny Whitehead
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak by Kay Winters
Animal Poems by Valerie Worth
Book Nook
Intermediate Grades 3-6
Classic Books:
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Watson’s Go to Burmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Bunnicula by James Howe
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Chocolate Fever by Robery Kimmel Smith
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Newer Fiction Books:
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
The Moon over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston
Murder at Midnight by Avi
Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn
Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog by Eileen Beha
Just for Elephants by Carol Berkley
The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap by H. M. Bouwman
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clark
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
The Goodbye Time by Celeste Conway
The Worst Name in Third Grade by Debbie Dadley
Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle
The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzig and Holly Black
The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo
Singing to the Sun: A Fairy Tale by Vivian French
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? by James Giblin
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graf
Sir Reginald’s Logbook by Matt Hammill
Well Itched by Frances Hardinge
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley
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George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
Jack and the Beanstalk: A Graphic Novel by Blake Hoena
Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa
Night of the Moon: A Muslim Story by Hena Khan
Melonhead by Katy Kelly
Itch by Michelle Kwasney
Nana Cracks the Case by Kathleen Lane
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Punished! by David Lubar
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day by Pat Mora
Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
Mogo, the Third Warthog by Donna Jo Napoli
Willow by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan
The Learnin’ Dog by K. A. Nuzum
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Epossumondas Plays Possum by Coleen Salley
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra
The Georges and the Jewels by Jane Smiley
Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith
Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Riding to Washington by Gwenyth Swain
Doom Machine by Mark Teague
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson
The Listeners by Gloria Whelan
City Mouse, Country Frog by Mo Willems
A Chair for Always by Vera Williams
Bobby versus Girls (Accidentally) by Lisa Yee
Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story by Judy Young
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Newer Nonfiction Books:
A Horse in the House and Other Strange but True Animal Stories by Gail Ablow
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Anderson
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain by William Anderson
The First Americans: The Story of Where They Came From and Who They Became by
Anthony Aveni
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob & Joe Switzer’s … by Chris Barton
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts by Fiona Bayrock
The Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia
Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen Bernier-Grand
Nic Bishop Marsupials by Nic Bishop
The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook by David Borgenicht
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
Florida Panthers: Struggle for Survival by William Caper
Mission Control, This is Apollo by Andrew Chaikin and Victoria Kohl
DK State by State Atlas: A Kids’ Guide to the People and Places of America by Justine
Ciovacco, Kathleen Feeley, and Kristin Behrens
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
14 Cows for America by Carmen Deedy
50 American Heroes Every Child Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine
Roscoe
One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia by DK Publishing
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changes the World by Christine King Farris
Do Not Open: An Encyclopedia of the World’s Best Kept Secrets by John Farndon
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by
Dennis Fradin
Lincoln and Douglas: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni
Extreme Pets by Jane Harrington
See What You Can Be: Explore Careers that Could Be for You by Diane Heiman and Liz
Suneby
John Brown: His Fight for Freedom by John Hendrix
How Strong Is It? A Mighty Book All About Strength by Ben Hillman
Howard Thurman’s Great Hope by Kai Jackson Issa
Real-Life Sea Monsters by Judith Jango-Cohen
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How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly? by Steve Jenkins
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve
Jenkins
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge
Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People by Sheila Keenan
My Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View of Washington, D.C. by Edward Kennedy
The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull
Big Cats: Hunters of the Night by Elaine Landau
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phyllis Wheatley, Slave Poet by Kathryn Laskey
Queen of the Scene by Queen Latifah
Southern Sea Otters: Fur-tastrophe Avoided by Jeanette Leardi
Ann Frank and the Children of the Holocaust by Carol Ann Lee
Easy Earth-Friendly Crafts in 5 Steps by Anna Llimos
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
Listen to the Wind” The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
& Susan Roth
The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy
Every Minute on Earth: Fun Facts that Happen Every 60 Seconds by Steve and
Matthew Murrie
Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy
Bickel
Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Nelson
When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature’s Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy
Hinshaw Patent
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie
Priceman
Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport
Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport
Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
Always Remember Me: How One Family Survived World War II by Marisabine Russo
Manny Ramirez and the Boston Red Sox: 2004 World Series by Michael Sandler
When’s a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto by Elaine Scott
Wolves by Duncan Seari
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange
I, Vivaldi by Janice Shefelman
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If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States by David
Smith
Explorer: A Daring Guide for Young Adventurers by Dugald Steer
Underwear: What We Wear Under There by Ruth Freeman Swain
Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas
Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize by Kathy-Jo Wargin
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Weatherford
Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells
How to Speak Cat by Sarah Whitehead
How to Speak Dog by Sarah Whitehead
Spooky Cemeteries by Dinah Williams
You Never Heard of Sandy Kaufax? By Jonah Winter
Series Books:
American Girls
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Sports by Matt Christopher
Ramona by Beverly Cleary
The Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadley
Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
Dear America
The Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon
The Polk Street Kids by Patricia Reilly Giff
My Weird School by Dan Gutman
Russell Sprouts by Johanna Hurwitz
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Clementine by S. Pennypacker
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
22
Poetry:
Swing Around the Sun by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems by Douglas Florian
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O’Connell George
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems by John Grandits
Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes
*The Monarch’s Progress: Poems with Wings by Avis Harley
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: a Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann
Hoberman
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States by Lee Bennett Hopkins
A Foot in the Mouth: Poems to Speak, Sing, and Shout compiled by Paul Janeczko
Birds on a Wire: A Renga ‘Round Town by J. Patrick Lewis
The Bill Martin, Jr. Big Book of Poetry Edited by Bill Martin, Jr.
Yum! MMMM! Que Rico: America’s Sproutings by Pat Mora
Slam Dunk: Basketball Poems by Lillian Morrison (Ed.)
The Swamps of Sleethe: Poems from Beyond the Solar System by Jack Prelutsky
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African- American Poetry and Art by Belinda
Rochelle (Ed.)
Today at the Blue Bird Café: A Branchful of Birds by Deborah Ruddell
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk by Deborah Ruddell and Joan Rankin
Toad by the Road: A Year in the Life of These Amazing Amphibians by Joanne Ryder
Button up! by Alice Schertle
Lunch Money and Other Poems about School by Carol Diggory Shields
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Tour America: A Journey through Poems and Art by Diane Siebert
A Pocketful of Stars: Poems about the Night by Nikki Siegen-Smith
Summerhouse Time by Eileen Spinelli
Nature’s Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse by Patricia Thomas
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers by Gloria Whelan
Holiday Stew by Jenny Whitehead
Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak by Kay Winters
Animal Poems by Valerie Worth